Cherry Plum, Myrobalan Plum, Purple Cherry Plum, Purple Leaf Plum, Purple Pony Dwarf Flowering Plum
Common Names in French:
Bacarinier, Cerisette, Mirobolan, Prunier Cerise ...
CHERRY PLUM. Asia
ROSACEAE (Rose family)
Locate these trees in early spring (February) when the various named varieties burst into very attractive blossoms in tones of pink and white.
( Alfred Cherry Plum )
'Alfred' is a white flowered cultivar with 1 1/4 inch wide fruit and an upright spreading habit. Can grow to 20 feet in height with a spread of 15 feet. This is a rounded, deciduous tree with ovate to obovate, deep green leaves.
Cherry plums (Prunus cerasifera)
Round, plum-like red or yellow stone fruit
Small trees in hedgerows and parks
Late summer
Useful for jams and baking ...
Cherry Plum (P. cerasifera): The species is not widely grown, but a few purple-leafed cultivars are popular. Plums are not as particular about soil as flowering cherries, but will not tolerate waterlogged soils for long periods.
Cherry Plum, Myrobalan Plum PROO-nus ser-as-IF-er-a
Deciduous tree, small, 15-30 ft (4.5-9 m), similar width, shrubby, twiggy and rounded, spreading branches. Leaves alternate, simple, ovate, elliptic, or obovate, 4-6.5 cm long, apex pointed.
Cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) has been widely cultivated as a garden ornamental and street tree in the temperate regions of Australia. Various purple-leaved cultivars are also very popular in cultivation (e.g.
cherry plum Prunus cerasifera
cherry-laurel Prunus laurocerasus
childing pink Petrorhagia dubia
chili pepper; nioi Capsicum annuum
China fir Cunninghamia lanceolata
Chinaberry Melia azedarach
Chinese banyan Ficus thonningii ...
x acerfolia 'Columbia' Columbia Planetree Platanus x acerfolia 'Liberty' Liberty Planetree Platycladus (Thuja) orientalis Oriental Arborvitae Poncirus trifoliata Hardy-orange Potentilla fruticosa Bush Cinquefoil Prunus cerasifera Cherry Plum Prunus ...
Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera)
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga Menziesii)
Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)
Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica)
Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatixa f. purpurea) ...
Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera)
Cherry Tomato (Lycopersicon esculenta 'Super Sweet 100')
Chicago Peace Rose (Rosa 'Johnago')
Chilean Bellflower (Lapageria rosea)
Chili Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Treasure Red')
Chilopsis linearis
Chimonobambusa marmorea ...
Prunus cerasifera - Cherry Plum
Prunus cerasus - Sour Cherry
Prunus domestica - Garden Plum
Prunus emarginata - Bitter Cherry
Prunus fasciculata - Desert Almond
Prunus fremontii - Desert Apricot
Prunus hortulana - Prairie Plum; Hortulana Plum ...
A further example is the Georgian national condiment tqemali sauce made from a local wild plum variety (cherry plum, Prunus cerasifera called t'q'emali [ტყ"მალი] in Georgian and written tkemali [ткема"и] in Russian).
the Purple or Black Apricot, from SW and central Asia; often listed as a species but actually just a hybrid between the original apricot and the cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera). Its modern offspring are sold as Pluots (PLUm-ApricOTS) or Plumcots.
- Cherry plums (Prunus cerasifera 'Newport' and 'Thundercloud', Zone 4). Pink flowers and red, edible fruit. Purple foliage. Watch out for aphids on young trees. Five metres by five metres.
Several Asian types are known as myrobalan, a name applied also to the cherry plum, with which flowering almonds are sometimes hybridized. The beauty of the almond in bud, blossom, and fruit gave motif to sacred and ornamental carving.
 See also: Plum, Cherry, May, Pink, Green
  
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